Obedience

Obedience is the ease with which a slave's
intents
can be moved into alignment with their owner's
(resistance is the
reciprocal of obedience)

"Being obedient" does not mean that the slave has the same intent as
their owner, but that when informed of the owner's intent they promptly
align themselves to it. Discipline is the
overall structure of rules, rewards and
penalties which the owner
creates to promote this obedience.

Obedience is a symptom and the primary purpose of
ownership, but is not
an essential feature of it: for example, a disobedient slave is still a
slave if they remain subject to their master's authority when resistant
to commands.